Itchy Feet and Titchy Feet

A travel blog that focuses on the things that most people miss or dont care about.

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Hi, I’m Paul. This isn’t your typical travel blog — you won’t find me waxing lyrical about “hidden gems” or rating hotel pillows. What you will find is an honest account of dragging my family around the world: the bizarre things that catch my eye, the stories that probably shouldn’t be told, and the general chaos that comes with travelling with me. Think of it as a holiday diary, written by someone who notices the weird stuff.

Category: Random Thoughts

  • Normal? I’m not even sure what that means anymore.

    Normal? I’m not even sure what that means anymore.

    On the 23rd March 2020, Boris Johnson announced that we would be asked to stay at home, stay safe and protect our NHS. You are only permitted to leave your home if you were classed as an essential worker, for one session of exercise a day or if you needed to get essential food or…

  • Crazy days. Or maybe weeks or months?

    I don’t think that it’s going too far to say that the current coronavirus shut down is the biggest global event to have happened since the Second World War. The world has changed, probably forever, and we are sat plumb in the middle of it all. It is hard to believe that this time last…

  • Blue Monday

    Blue Monday

    I have seen a load of posts today about it being Blue Monday, the most miserable day of the year apparently. The nights are dark, the days are cold, New Year resolutions have been broken and it feels like a long way to go before pay day, for many a 6 week lag since the…

  • Don’t look back in anger

    Don’t look back in anger

    I remember someone once saying to me ‘Don’t look back, you’re not going that way’.  Thinking about it, it was probably a ‘motivational’ poster on LinkedIn.  It is something that has stuck in my mind none the less.  No matter what decisions you make, assuming that you make them with the best of intentions, at…